Imagine
that Raymond Chandler wrote The
Winds of War
and you can begin to understand why House
of Ghosts is
such different and compelling detective story. Detective Joe Henderson
is the modern incarnation of Philip Marlowe--hard boiled, hard
drinking, hard loving, delightfully cynical, offering wry observations
of life in the age of Starbucks.

The tale begins in the sweltering summer of 2000 when Preston Swedge,
an alcoholic recluse and World War II veteran, has died in Westfield,
New Jersey. At his estate sale, retired local police detective Joe
Henderson discovers a 1944 diary describing a rogue attempt by a
Jewish-American pilot named Paul Rothstein to drop his bombs on
Auschwitz's killing complex where nearly 300,000 captives were about to
be murdered.

With the fortitude of a Maccabean zealot and the patriotism of an
American freedom fighter Rothstein had set out to defy his commanders
who had prohibited any attempt to save Jewish lives. Joe Henderson's
curiosity launches him on a crusade for the truth and a shocking
revelation when he tracks down the last living witness who can solve
the mystery of why the raid never happened.

Epic in its breadth, House
of Ghosts sweeps effortlessly
from
contemporary Westfield, New Jersey to the Princeton University of 1939,
and on to the aerial battle above Italy and Poland in 1944. Along the
way you'll meet up with notables such as Charles Lindbergh, Treasury
Secretary Henry Morgenthau, Jr., General Fulgencio Batista, and Alina
Gilbert, the exotic dancer who helps to make this the hottest summer on
record.

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About the Author

Lawrence
Kaplan is a 1979 graduate
of New York University School of Dentistry, runs a dental practice in
New Jersey, and lives in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, with his wife and
menagerie. House
of
Ghosts is his first novel.